Petricola Lamarck 1801

Petricola is a genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the subfamily Petricolinae of the family Veneridae, the Venus clams. ^[1]

Species

According to the World Register of Marine Species database,^[2] species within the genus Petricola include:

• Petricola aequistriata G. B. Sowerby II, 1874
• Petricola angolensis Cosel, 1995
• Petricola bicolor G. B. Sowerby II, 1854
• Petricola botula Olsson, 1961
• Petricola californiensis Pilsbry and Lowe, 1932 ^[3]
• Petricola carditoides (Conrad, 1837) ^[4]
• Petricola concinna G. B. Sowerby I, 1834
• Petricola dactylus (G.B. Sowerby I, 1823) ^[5]
• Petricola denticulata G. B. Sowerby I, 1834
• Petricola divergens (Gmelin, 1791) ^[6]
• Petricola exarata (Carpenter, 1857)
• Petricola fabagella Lamarck, 1818
• Petricola habei M. Huber, 2010
• Petricola hertzana Coan, 1997 ^[7]
• Petricola insignis (Deshayes, 1854)
• Petricola inversa Macsotay & Villarroel, 2001
• Petricola japonica Dunker, 1882
• Petricola lapicida (Gmelin, 1791)
• Petricola linguafelis (Carpenter, 1857)
• Petricola lithophaga (Philippson, 1788)
• Petricola monstrosa (Gmelin, 1791)
• Petricola olssoni F. R. Bernard, 1983
• Petricola quadrasi (Hidalgo, 1886)
• Petricola rugosa G. B. Sowerby I, 1834
• Petricola scotti Coan, 1997

Synonyms

• Petricola brugieri Hanley : synonym of Venerupis bruguieri (Hanley, 1845)
• Petricola donnae Petuch, 1998 : synonym of Petricolaria donnae (Petuch, 1998)
• Petricola lajonkairii (Payraudeau, 1826): synonym of Lajonkairia lajonkairii (Payraudeau, 1826)
• Petricola lucasana Herlein and Strong, 1948:^[8] synonym of Petricola insignis (Deshayes, 1854)
• Petricola pholadiformis Lamarck, 1818: synonym of Petricolaria pholadiformis (Lamarck, 1818) (original combination)
• Petricola robusta G.B. Sowerby I, 1834: synonym of Choristodon robustus (G. B. Sowerby I, 1834) (original combination)

References

• Habe, T. 1951. Petricolidae, Cardiliidae and Anatinellidae in Japan. In: Kuroda, T. (ed.) Illustrated catalogue of Japanese shells.
• Coan, E. V.; Valentich-Scott, P. (2012). Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp.